Rep. Peter King plots terrorist act

May 9, 9:53 AMGun Rights ExaminerDavid Codrea

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The man who would be King...

Vocal gun rights advocates, people who remind others of the intent of the Founders and a primary purpose behind the Second Amendment, are facing a new threat.

Per Drew Zahn of WorldNetDaily:

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., has sponsored H.R. 2159, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009, which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any "known or suspected dangerous terrorist." The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is "appropriately suspected" of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general "has a reasonable belief" that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism.

Weighing in is Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America:

"[Rep. King] would deny citizens their civil liberties based on no due process," objected Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America. "A 'known terrorist?' Look, if the guy has committed an act of terrorism, we shouldn't have to worry about him being able to buy a gun; he should be in jail!...

"By those standards, I'm one of [DHS Secretary] Janet Napolitano's terrorists," Pratt said.

Gun Rights Examiner discussed the DHS "rightwing extremist" report here. And we talked about their "Domestic Extremism Lexicon" (what I call "The Devil's Dictionary"*) at my online journal, The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance.

Here's what I get from King's bill: They will be able to put a person's name on their "prohibited" list using redacted documents that can be withheld from the victims under the guise that releasing the information compromises national security. They will be able to do this without having convicted that person of a thing in a court of law--the accusation is enough.

At least the Salem witches got a trial, could face their accusers, and hear all the "evidence" against them.

This is intended as an in-your-face threat against activist gun owners, a way to chill their agitation, and ultimately a way to prohibit them from "legal" gun ownership. And they'll get to the less active ones next.

I see this as a terrorist act, disguised in all the trappings of legality. Strip those away and I see naked tyranny.

Writing as I am for Examiner.com. I must measure my words carefully. I cannot express my contempt for and defiance of Rep. King in terms I believe this creature warrants. So instead, just let me make one simple declaration of my own, to any who would support this abomination against Liberty and to any who would enforce it:

I will not disarm.

Here's the bill itself. Read it.

Here are the web pages for the man who would be King and his co-conspirators :

Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3]
Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE]
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10]**
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4]
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15]
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4]

I won't ask you to contact them...politely.

The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee. While we're told the Obama administration is not interested in a high profile gun fight at the present (preferring to slip things in more quietly), it does not take much to imagine a high-profile incident being exploited to bring this to the front burner.

Here are the committee members. While many are instantly recognizable as notorious gun grabbers themselves, you may want to contact them. At the very least, I'd ask you to contact your own representative and share with them your candid assessment of this bill and the motives behind it.

I'd say be careful not to get placed on any "terrorist no-buy list," but frankly, with the gang now presuming to rule us, the very act of exercising your First Amendment-protected right to petition over this issue may be enough these days.